Dr Mark | 北马克 |🍉🇦🇺🇲🇾🇹🇭
@ajaanmark.bsky.social
From Australia, have also spent time in Malaysia and Thailand.
Sociologist, educator, flaneur, SFF appreciator
Starting a new Linguistics research project in intercultural pragmatics
Interested in Asia things and languages. Also: Buddhism.
He/Him
Sociologist, educator, flaneur, SFF appreciator
Starting a new Linguistics research project in intercultural pragmatics
Interested in Asia things and languages. Also: Buddhism.
He/Him
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did u guys know Grüne Soße is a specialty sauce of frankfurt made with parsley, chives, chervil, borage, sorrel, garden cress, and salad burnet blended with sour cream and that it is a protected geographical indication (PGI) status foodstuff? well now you do
December 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
did u guys know Grüne Soße is a specialty sauce of frankfurt made with parsley, chives, chervil, borage, sorrel, garden cress, and salad burnet blended with sour cream and that it is a protected geographical indication (PGI) status foodstuff? well now you do
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Me and Bertie the cat are watching Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) on MST3K and, honestly, we're finding it a bit racist against Martians.
December 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Me and Bertie the cat are watching Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) on MST3K and, honestly, we're finding it a bit racist against Martians.
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Why are they so bad at this stuff? I mean bad: predictable. But *so* bad?
Keir Starmer doing an email newsletter is a good idea, but the execution needs a complete overhaul:
Politics that makes a difference
Over half a million children, lifted out of poverty
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Why are they so bad at this stuff? I mean bad: predictable. But *so* bad?
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Billionaires first:
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Billionaires first:
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We now go live to Cat Advent Cam...
(viewer discretion advised)
(viewer discretion advised)
December 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We now go live to Cat Advent Cam...
(viewer discretion advised)
(viewer discretion advised)
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Mind Reading and Stolen Wits: The Encounter of Diomedes and Glaukos in Iliad 6
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/06/m...
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Mind Reading and Stolen Wits: The Encounter of Diomedes and Glaukos in Iliad 6
One of the most iconic scenes of the Iliad is the exchange between Glaucus and Diomedes in book 6. This scene comes in the middle of book 6, in part as a delaying technique while Hektor travels int…
sententiaeantiquae.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Mind Reading and Stolen Wits: The Encounter of Diomedes and Glaukos in Iliad 6
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/06/m...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/06/m...
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Putting Qujaku on my 'current band that I think I could really love but need to listen to more of their stuff to know for sure' list. This EP is gorgeous Japanese pysch qujaku.bandcamp.com/album/in-neu...
In Neutral, by Qujaku
2 track album
qujaku.bandcamp.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Putting Qujaku on my 'current band that I think I could really love but need to listen to more of their stuff to know for sure' list. This EP is gorgeous Japanese pysch qujaku.bandcamp.com/album/in-neu...
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#OnThisDay - 7 December - in 43 BC Marcus Tullius Cicero was assassinated at Formia. Cassius Dio (47.8.4) also notes that Mark Antony’s wife, Fulvia, spat upon Cicero’s decapitated head and stuck her hairpins into his tongue, in vengeance for his speeches against her husband. #AncientHistory 🏺
December 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
#OnThisDay - 7 December - in 43 BC Marcus Tullius Cicero was assassinated at Formia. Cassius Dio (47.8.4) also notes that Mark Antony’s wife, Fulvia, spat upon Cicero’s decapitated head and stuck her hairpins into his tongue, in vengeance for his speeches against her husband. #AncientHistory 🏺
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Put the gloves back on, mate.
You look like the mic slipped out of your grasp at the Accounts Karaoke Night social.
You look like the mic slipped out of your grasp at the Accounts Karaoke Night social.
December 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Put the gloves back on, mate.
You look like the mic slipped out of your grasp at the Accounts Karaoke Night social.
You look like the mic slipped out of your grasp at the Accounts Karaoke Night social.
I must have had this realisation after my first uni exam ever, because I never studied for any again before the last day possible!
Brendon McCullum says England may have trained too hard before the Gabba Test 🗣️
December 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I must have had this realisation after my first uni exam ever, because I never studied for any again before the last day possible!
Well timed mini storm just now around 10pm. Too late to interrupt the cricket, in time to cool things down before bed!
December 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Well timed mini storm just now around 10pm. Too late to interrupt the cricket, in time to cool things down before bed!
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🎄#GothicAdvent
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🎄#GothicAdvent
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Just got home after going to day 4. I think they should try under preparing for Adelaide by sleeping in and then hanging in Rundle Mall all day
December 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Just got home after going to day 4. I think they should try under preparing for Adelaide by sleeping in and then hanging in Rundle Mall all day
Apparently they are now off to Noosa for a beach holiday instead of flying to Adelaide to train 😲 #TheAshes
Brendon McCullum says England may have trained too hard before the Gabba Test 🗣️
December 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Apparently they are now off to Noosa for a beach holiday instead of flying to Adelaide to train 😲 #TheAshes
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Just finished this amazing book by the talented Xiaolu Guo while wiping tears. What an epic journey that the brave and sensitive Ishmaelle/ Ishmael has taken us on. I never imagined that I would learn so much about seafaring, about whaling, about nautical nuances from a novel! Bravo!
December 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Just finished this amazing book by the talented Xiaolu Guo while wiping tears. What an epic journey that the brave and sensitive Ishmaelle/ Ishmael has taken us on. I never imagined that I would learn so much about seafaring, about whaling, about nautical nuances from a novel! Bravo!
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Bigotry comes as a package deal
Kishwer Falkner, the former EHRC chair, is on Sky saying the Labour government is anti-women, citing not just trans issues but also grooming gangs and what she calls pandering to Islam and racial sensitivities. She's not exactly dispelling the idea she was a political actor when she led the EHRC.
December 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Bigotry comes as a package deal
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this thai horror story is confirming that sculptures and mannequins are cross culturally unsettling.
December 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
this thai horror story is confirming that sculptures and mannequins are cross culturally unsettling.
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The Tory party really has gone down in the world, because it appears nobody can rustle up a little 6-figure sinecure 'consulting' job for Liz Truss to prevent her embarrassing herself and everyone else.
December 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The Tory party really has gone down in the world, because it appears nobody can rustle up a little 6-figure sinecure 'consulting' job for Liz Truss to prevent her embarrassing herself and everyone else.
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So, after implying (smearing, really) that delivery riders were often dodgy illegal immigrants, and doing a much hyped national “blitz” they found 60 people without permission to work. 60 out of over 150,000 delivery riders.
So much effort and harm focused on imaginary problems.
So much effort and harm focused on imaginary problems.
UK to deport 60 delivery riders after illegal work crackdown
The Home Office says the group are among 171 riders arrested over seven days in November in a national
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
So, after implying (smearing, really) that delivery riders were often dodgy illegal immigrants, and doing a much hyped national “blitz” they found 60 people without permission to work. 60 out of over 150,000 delivery riders.
So much effort and harm focused on imaginary problems.
So much effort and harm focused on imaginary problems.
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The Labour paradox:
If, as a party, it meekly goes along and does not tear itself apart and have a civil war over this adoption of far right policies, it is not worth saving as a party.
There is no more “soul” of the Labour Party to fight for.
If, as a party, it meekly goes along and does not tear itself apart and have a civil war over this adoption of far right policies, it is not worth saving as a party.
There is no more “soul” of the Labour Party to fight for.
The Home Office hopes the deportation of UK-born children will be seamless', a minister has said
Labour minister wants 'seamless' deportation of UK-born children
www.thenational.scot
December 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The Labour paradox:
If, as a party, it meekly goes along and does not tear itself apart and have a civil war over this adoption of far right policies, it is not worth saving as a party.
There is no more “soul” of the Labour Party to fight for.
If, as a party, it meekly goes along and does not tear itself apart and have a civil war over this adoption of far right policies, it is not worth saving as a party.
There is no more “soul” of the Labour Party to fight for.
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Let's hope it goes like this:
Perth two days
Brissy three days
Adelaide four days
MCG and Sydney five days each ;)
Perth two days
Brissy three days
Adelaide four days
MCG and Sydney five days each ;)
December 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Let's hope it goes like this:
Perth two days
Brissy three days
Adelaide four days
MCG and Sydney five days each ;)
Perth two days
Brissy three days
Adelaide four days
MCG and Sydney five days each ;)
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“Zelensky isn’t a friend of the working class” I mean ok, also, not sure this is our issue here
December 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
“Zelensky isn’t a friend of the working class” I mean ok, also, not sure this is our issue here
Is there any international Rugby to watch at the moment! I wanna watch some sport but the Tests are over quickly - in two or three days.
December 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Is there any international Rugby to watch at the moment! I wanna watch some sport but the Tests are over quickly - in two or three days.